Chapter ONE - Weebly

Mackintosh is guilty of murder, and that your lives
would be easier if he were to be arrested, convicted,
and executed.”
“That’s nonsense!” Otis said, his voice rising, his
mood as changeable as a summer afternoon in New
England.
“It’s true,” Adams broke in. Otis glared at him, but
Adams kept his eyes fixed on Ethan. “You’re right:
We’ve decided precisely that. James here called
Mackintosh a scourge. That’s about right. He is a threat
to all we hope to accomplish. In one night, his rabble
did more to damn the cause of liberty than Parliament
has managed in the last two years. And that is saying
something.” He shook his head. “It’s our fault, really.
We enlisted the man as an ally some while ago, hoping
that he and his followers could help us.”
“Help you how?” Ethan asked.
“The Sons of Liberty,” Darrow said. “The Loyal
Nine—whatever you wish to call those of us who
oppose the Acts—we’re lawyers, craftsmen,
shopkeepers, even merchants, though few of us are as
well fixed as the Bersons of the world. But we also